March 2017 Awards
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
Tucker, Jeffrey and Kramer, Bradley, Kansas Department of Commerce, $50,000, “Project 17 Kansas Department of Commerce Matching Funds.”
BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Daniel Devlin (Kansas Water Resources Institute), Barden, Charles (Horticulture Forestry and Recreation Resources), Rahmani, Vahid and Sheshukov, Aleksey, US Department of the Interior, $14,921, “Kansas Water Resources Research Institute 2016.”
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Hatcliff, John and Vasserman, Eugene, US Department of Homeland Security, $134,987, “Cyber Physical System Security (CPSSEC).”
Mizuno, Masaaki, Hatcliff, John and Nielsen, Mitchell, US Department of the Interior, $89,483, ”Modeling Security/Safety Interactions in Buildings for Compositional Security/Safety Control.”
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Prakash, Punit, National University of Ireland Galway, $24,292, ”Phase II — In vivo Assessment of RFA Device for Treating Rhinitis.”
INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Heier Stamm, Jessica, National Science Foundation, $500,000, “CAREER: Measuring the Impact of Supply Chain Coordination Structures on the Effectiveness of Disaster Preparedness and Response.”
INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Eckels, Steven and McCullough, Elizabeth, Multi-Sponsor, $1,344, “Thermal Properties of Textile Products.”
KANSAS INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICES
Larson, Nancy and Goode, Barbara, US Environmental Protection Agency, $50,000, “Development and Management of the National Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Environmental Assistance Provider 507 Program Website.”
MECHANICAL AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Cai, Liang-Wu, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC, $1,000, “Design of Force Indicating/Limiting Stacking Press.”
Cai, Liang-Wu, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC, $500, “Developing Vacuum Compatible Rotating Fixture for PVD Coating.”
McGregor, Douglas, Geuther, Jeffrey and Roberts, Jeremy, US Department of Energy, $161,075, “Develop an Active Sensor Array Prototype for Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.”
McGregor, Douglas and Shultis, Kenneth, US Department of Defense, $25,000, “Wearable Detection Device (WDD) — Low Visibility Gamma Neutron Sensor.”
McGregor, Douglas and Roberts, Jeremy, US Department of Energy, $200,000, “Micro-Pocket Fission Detector Development for TREAT Experiments.”
Wei, Mingjun, US Army, $35,000, “Comprehensive Reduced Order Modeling and Validations for Loads and Flight Stability of a Flapping Wing.”